The Fashion Show
Vertex | Bravo | Release Date: May 7, 2009
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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80
Boston GlobeJoanna Weiss
Season 1 Review: In order to fully enjoy The Fashion Show--and there is plenty to enjoy in Bravo's new reality contest--you have to resist the urge to keep comparing it to "Project Runway." Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: Project Runway is a hard act to follow. Still, if you like watching people make (sometimes) beautiful clothes from nothing in no time--the first challenge is to make a little black dress from a little black T-shirt--The Fashion Show has that too. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: As viewers, we're less interested in the destination than the ride, and this one starts out feeling like fun. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesPaige Wiser
Season 1 Review: If you've been in runway withdrawal, The Fashion Show can provide you with all the bitchery, the language butchery and the stupefying silhouettes that you've been missing. Read full review
75
NewsdayAnne Bratskeir
Season 1 Review: Overall, a meaner, harsher fashion competition, but compelling. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: I can't help but get an enormous kick from Bravo's new series, The Fashion Show, which is, ironically enough, a line-for-line knockoff of "Project Runway," the hit show that was sold from under them to Lifetime. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterRandee Dawn
Season 1 Review: For "Runway" fans thirsty for fashion fights and fits, Fashion is certainly worth a taste. Read full review
70
Washington Post
Season 1 Review: When the designers are alone in the sewing room, trading catty insults, hemming until their fingers bleed, Fashion Show feels like great guilty pleasure TV. But when the sewing-room door opens, you can't help expecting--and wishing--that it'll be Tim Gunn. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLeah Greenblatt
Season 1 Review: Though PR has auf'ed off to Lifetime, its chic shadow looms large on Fashion--which, like its name, has a sad, generic chintziness. Read full review
60
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: There is plenty to enjoy, but not much to applaud. At its best fashion celebrates originality; The Fashion Show feeds on imitation. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: Alas, it may end up being addictive for hard-core fashionistas, but The Fashion Show needs work before it is truly ready for the runway. Read full review
42
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 1 Review: As with any knockoff, the onus is on The Fashion Show to offer something different and better, and so far it does neither. Read full review
40
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: Tonight's extended episode--it runs until 11:15 p.m.--comes off as the trashier, less sophisticated cousin to "Project Runway." If that's the appeal of "Runway," then have at it. But if you're a design fan, The Fashion Show may prove to be an unfashionable disappointment. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: There's just not that same level of drama when designing a standard blue blazer. Read full review
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